Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
Dark Touch, like much of the best horror, works the fears that connect to real life.
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France, Ireland, Sweden · 2013
1h 30m
Director Marina de Van
Starring Missy Keating, Marcella Plunkett, Charlotte Flyvholm, Pádraic Delaney
Genre Horror, Thriller
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Niamh is the lone survivor of a bloody massacre after the furniture and objects in her family’s isolated house take on a monstrous life of their own. The police ignore her wild stories, and so do the family, friends, and social worker who take her in. In this psychological thriller, Niamh is unable to leave her violent past behind her, endangering everyone who crosses her path.
Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
Dark Touch, like much of the best horror, works the fears that connect to real life.
The film is beholden to a strange internal logic that gives primacy not to its protagonist's suffering, but to its maker's thirst for fun.
It's unfortunate that commercial considerations seem to play into the third act, adding a more concrete representation of a very abstract idea.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
That space between reality and mirage is where Ms. de Van’s strength, and this movie’s true horror, lies.
Dark Touch is meant to touch a nerve, not merely spook. It’s about deeper fears, and realer monsters.
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